Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years

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I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill one only finds that there are many more hills to climb I have taken a moment here to rest to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me to look back on the distance I have come But I can only rest for a moment for with freedom comes responsibilities & I dare not linger for my long walk is not ended' Long Walk to Freedom In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa Five years later he stood down In that time he & his government wrought the most extraordinary transformation turning a nation riven by centuries of colonialism & apartheid into a fully functioning democracy in which all South Africa's citizens black & white were equal before the law Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela's presidential years drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to finish his term of office but was unable to finish Now the acclaimed South African writer Mandla Langa has completed the task using Mandela's unfinished draft detailed notes that Mandela made as events were unfolding & a wealth of previously unseen archival material With a prologue by Mandela's widow Graca Machel the result is a vivid & inspirational account of Mandela's presidency a country in flux & the creation of a new democracy It tells the extraordinary story of the transition from decades of apartheid rule & the challenges Mandela overcome to make a reality of his cherished vision for a liberated South Africa